Dan Espen <[email protected]> writes:
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> writes:
>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:57 +0000, mm0fmf wrote:
>>> On 14 Dec 2025 11:56:42 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>> My issues with python are:
>>>> - It's using indentations, so when I comment a block of code to see
>>>> what happens, it breaks everything and I have to manage the
>>>> indentations. I can't just comment/uncomment a block of code as I do
>>>> with other programming languages.
>>> ''' and ''' are your friend
>>
>> Unless the block has triply-quoted strings inside it ...
>
> Then """ and """ are your better friends.
Why bother? If you want to comment out a block, you can do just that,
much the same as in any other language.
$ cat t.py
def f(x):
# while x < 10:
# print(x)
# x += 1
print("done")
f(3)
$ python3 t.py
done
If you prefer the comment markers to match the indentation of the whole
block, that works too:
$ cat t.py
def f(x):
# while x < 10:
# print(x)
# x += 1
print("done")
f(3)
$ python3 t.py
done
Or perhaps you prefer the comment markets to follow the lines they’re
commenting out:
$ cat t.py
def f(x):
# while x < 10:
# print(x)
# x += 1
print("done")
f(3)
$ python3 t.py
done
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